UNLV WIND ORCHESTRA

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com


SOOOOOOO A BOOK LECTURE WAS SCHEDULED AT THE FLAMINGO LIBRARY FOR 7 PM TONIGHT....IT BEGAN AT 712....ONE AUTHOR....12 MINUTES LATE....I LEFT...I WAS LEAVING ANYWAY...


A UNLV WIND ORCHESTRA CONCERT SCHEDULED FOR 730....59 PLAYERS....4 CONDUCTORS....TECHNICIANS...THEY STARTED RIGHT ON TIME.......WHAT ?


HOW HARD IS THIS .....AMAZING..... I SALUTE THEM ALL AND THE PLAYING WAS SPECIAL ALSO.


FIVE SHORT PIECES.... AN INTERMISSION AND IT WAS OVER IN 66 MINUTES ...BEAUTIFUL.


I TEND TO NOT BE CRAZY ABOUT HORNS....BUT TONIGHT I WAS CRAZY ABOUT HORNS AND THEY WEASLED IN A HARP...CELLO AND 2 BASS....YES.


5 COMPOSERS UNKNOWN TO ME....TIL NOW....ALL GOOD....TWO LIVING...THE FINALE THE TOAST....THIS.... JOHN MACKKEY...THE FROZEN CATHEDRAL.....REALLY INOVATIVE...HORNS AND BELLS AND TOOTS AND HOOTS AND WHISTLES AND EXTRA PERCUSSION...SOME FROM THE BACK OF THE AUDITORIUM AT HAM HALL......HAM HALL ACQUISTICS JUST THE BEST EVER, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS VARIETY OF SOUND.....IN THE BACK ROW A COUPLE OF SETS OF PERCUSSION...RIGHT AT THE START OF THIS PIECE THE MUSIC STAND LIGHT WENT OUT ON THE PLAYER TO MY RIGHT....BY LUCK OR CIRCUMSTANCE OR TIMING AN USHER WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PLAYER....CARA FROERLICH AND TURNED HER FLASHLIGHT ON THE SCORE...THE BATTERIES HELP UP AND THE TIMING OF THIS WAS MIRACULOUS AND PERFECT....NEVER MISSED A NOTE.....MADE MY DAY !


WHENEVER YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR AN EVENT CALL 702 895 2787 OR DIAL UP UNLV PERFORMING ARTS HAM HALL AND YOU WILL HAVE THE ANSWER TO CONSISTENTLY GOOD AND OFTEN GREAT STUFF....THATS RIGHT....STUFF....COULD BE ANYTHING...LECTURE...DANCE...SOUND ...THEATRE...BELIEVE ME.


MARCH 13TH ISREAL ORCHESTRA NEXT.


THANKS AGAIN UNLV


A+ 101 TONIGHT